Triple

T665530
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Knoxville metropolitan area E12851 entity
Predicate servedByU.S.Highway P385 FINISHED
Object U.S. Route 321
U.S. Route 321 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the southeastern United States that connects Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, linking cities such as Knoxville, Boone, and Columbia.
E447582 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: U.S. Route 321 | Statement: [Knoxville metropolitan area, servedByU.S.Highway, U.S. Route 321]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 321
Context triple: [Knoxville metropolitan area, servedByU.S.Highway, U.S. Route 321]
  • A. U.S. Route 221
    U.S. Route 221 is a north–south United States highway that runs through several southeastern states, connecting rural communities and regional centers.
  • B. U.S. Route 340
    U.S. Route 340 is a U.S. highway running through parts of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, connecting the Shenandoah Valley region with the Frederick, Maryland area.
  • C. U.S. Route 29
    U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Virginia, connecting numerous cities across the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.
  • D. U.S. Route 441
    U.S. Route 441 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Tennessee, serving as an important regional corridor through several southeastern states.
  • E. U.S. Route 129
    U.S. Route 129 is a United States highway running through several southeastern states, known for connecting rural communities and featuring popular scenic and recreational driving segments such as the "Tail of the Dragon" in Tennessee and North Carolina.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: U.S. Route 321
Triple: [Knoxville metropolitan area, servedByU.S.Highway, U.S. Route 321]
Generated description
U.S. Route 321 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the southeastern United States that connects Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, linking cities such as Knoxville, Boone, and Columbia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 321
Target entity description: U.S. Route 321 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the southeastern United States that connects Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, linking cities such as Knoxville, Boone, and Columbia.
  • A. U.S. Route 221
    U.S. Route 221 is a north–south United States highway that runs through several southeastern states, connecting rural communities and regional centers.
  • B. U.S. Route 340
    U.S. Route 340 is a U.S. highway running through parts of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, connecting the Shenandoah Valley region with the Frederick, Maryland area.
  • C. U.S. Route 29
    U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Virginia, connecting numerous cities across the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.
  • D. U.S. Route 441
    U.S. Route 441 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Tennessee, serving as an important regional corridor through several southeastern states.
  • E. U.S. Route 129
    U.S. Route 129 is a United States highway running through several southeastern states, known for connecting rural communities and featuring popular scenic and recreational driving segments such as the "Tail of the Dragon" in Tennessee and North Carolina.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a493355dec819098d4244b2fa34885 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a517ac148190aa032b77885bf709 completed March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bd6f6fe04c8190bffabb9225ef6c2a completed March 20, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bd7275bf8081908558a5619fc78766 completed March 20, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bd744b79548190a117105f47a4e51a completed March 20, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.